Shen Zhixiu was a little surprised, "You knew he handed in the memorial?"
He then explained, "This morning, the Minister of Rites, Lord Qiu, showed me his goodwill, saying that this was a matter concerning my wife's family, and he would help me as soon as possible."
"I remember that Su Yuanche's background was somewhat questionable. I guessed that you might not be aware of the memorial, so I withheld it."
Although Su Qingyu had no say in the matter of appointing a heir, it still involved the Lin family's retirement care and whether married daughters could rely on their parents' families. After all, the heir was the future head of the family, and if he appointed an enemy, the gains would outweigh the losses.
Su Qingyu picked up the letter and said, "Thank you, Third Master."
Shen Zhixiu asked again, "How is Auntie's health? This is the thousand-year-old ginseng sent to Beijing from Liaodong. Take it back and use it to nourish Auntie."
As he spoke, he handed over a nanmu box.
Su Qingyu was a little surprised. Was Shen Zhixiu too enthusiastic about their family affairs?
But even when Shen Zhixiu was giving her something, he was completely frank. It was as if the item in front of him was either a thousand-year-old ginseng or a carrot. He had no use for it, so he just gave it to her.
Su Qingyu didn't refuse. She took the things and replied, "My mother is much better now. The prescription Mr. Zhou prescribed is very effective."
"Speaking of this, I really have to thank you, Third Master. If you and Mr. Zhou hadn't arrived in time that day, my mother would have been in danger."
Shen Zhixiu didn't say anything, but just said that if he encountered difficulties and couldn't find him in the future, he should go to the Shen family to find the old lady.
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then Su Qingyu took the letter back to the Su family.
After entering the Bishui Pavilion, she saw a lot of cloth spread out on the kang in the banquet room. She stopped and asked Zhenzhu, "What are these for?"
Zhenzhu helped Su Qingyu take off her cloak and replied with a smile, "This was sent by Madam. She said that before the young lady gets married, she should start sewing. Apart from anything else, she still has to sew it herself as a gift for her husband and mother-in-law."
"Also, according to the rules, Miss has to make a few sets of clothes and a few pairs of shoes for the Third Master."
Su Qingyu felt a headache and walked into the inner room, and asked Zhenzhu to put the material away first.
She changed her clothes, sent people to each courtyard to pass on the message, and then took people straight to Songhe Hall.
Two sticks of incense later, all the masters of the Su family, big and small, gathered in the main hall of Songhe Hall.
"Why did you call us all to your grandmother?" Su Chengye asked with some displeasure.
Madam Su also looked at Su Qingyu, "What happened? Why mobilize so many troops?"
She was still brooding over Lin's abortion, and had been praying for the child's soul to be reincarnated these days. She didn't have a good face towards Su Qingyu.
Fortunately, she took into consideration the marriage between Su Qingyu and the Shen family, so she just had a cold face, but did not go to cause trouble for Lin's mother and daughter.
Su Qingyu calmly took out the memorial and handed it to Su Chengye. "This is the memorial submitted by father requesting the establishment of a crown prince. It's such a big matter, why didn't father discuss it with us?"
After saying this, she looked around coldly. Gu Ruoyun's face changed drastically, while Aunt Xue looked at Su Chengye in shock.
Su Chengye picked up the letter, opened it, and took a look. Then he looked at Su Qingyu in disbelief, "How did it end up in your hands?"
After asking, he suddenly realized, "Did you ask Mr. Shen San to help you get the memorial back?"
"You are so bold! A woman from the inner palace dares to interfere in politics openly. What are you going to do?" Su Chengye slammed the table hard and glared at Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu slammed down the blue and white porcelain teacup in her hand and snorted coldly, "Father is really good at putting accusations on others. But Su Yuanche is not even of the Su family bloodline. Father made him the crown prince. Has he thought about how to explain this to the Su family ancestors?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present widened their eyes and held their breath.
The teacup in Gu Ruoyun's hand fell directly to the ground, making a crisp sound.
A maid came in and cleaned up the broken pieces, and everyone gradually came back to their senses.
The old lady looked at Su Qingyu with a cold expression, "What do you mean by that? What do you mean Yuan Che is not of the Su family's bloodline?"
Everyone else was also looking at Su Qingyu, especially Aunt Xue, whose eyes were almost filled with excitement.
Su Qingyu shouted outside, "Bring up all the witnesses and evidence."
Gu Ruoyun swayed slightly upon hearing this. Su Qingyu had come prepared. She glanced anxiously at the door, and when she saw a woman in her twenties entering, she breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't Zhou Bu Ren.
Su Chengye looked at the person standing below, his brows furrowed. He felt vaguely familiar, but couldn't place who it was.
The old lady didn't recognize the person in front of her anymore. She turned to Su Qingyu and asked, "Is this the witness you mentioned?"
Su Qingyu explained, "This person's name is Xiuzhi, and she's a maidservant of my father's concubine Mo Yu."
"When Su Yuanche was sent back to the mansion, it was said that the child was born to his concubine, Mo Yu. However, after much investigation, I found that Mo Yu was not pregnant at the time. So where did this child come from?"
Su Qingyu then asked Xiuzhi, who was standing in the middle of the hall, "Tell me everything you know, especially what happened in the twelfth year of Xuande."
Xiuzhi raised her head and said respectfully, "In the twelfth year of Xuande, I served Concubine Mo in Fujian. At the end of that year, the Marquis was transferred to Xuanfu, and Concubine Mo and I followed him there."
"In the summer of the thirteenth year of Xuande, the Marquis returned to the capital and asked us to stay in Xuanfu first."
"Later, my parents became seriously ill, so I went home to visit them. When I returned, I found out that my aunt had passed away."
Su Qingyu asked again: "Did Aunt Mo get pregnant during this period?"
Xiuzhi shook her head and said, "No, Aunt Mo has never been pregnant."
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